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Oregon Pioneers 



By 



MARIA L. T. fllDDEN 



Illustrated By 
CoLisTA Murray Dowling 



Copyright 1910 



PUBLISHED BY 

C. C. CHAPMAN CO. 
Portland. Oregon 






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VOU followed the trail long years ago, 
With footsteps light and hearts aglow, 
To this Western land, now a nation's pride, 
Where Columbia rolls to the ocean wide. 





VOU felled the trees and 

tilled the soil, 
And builded your homes 

amid hardships and toil, 
And planted churches and 

schoolhouses fair, 
In valleys, on hillsides, 

everywhere. 




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'\X/'HERE the war-whoop 
rang is the whistle of trains, 

Over mountains and rivers and 
fertile plains; 

And flowers and fruits and pro- 
ducts rare, 

Blossom and flourish in Oregon 



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'Y^HE old mill-wheel, the 
**schooner," canoe, 

Gave place to the cry for all 
things new. 

And the wigwam's smoke and 
the camp-fire' s gleam 

Have passed from your sight as 
a midnight dream. 










JN * forty-nine and the days of 
old 

You dug your wealth from the 

mountain's bold. 
Now the mills and the mints lay 

the world' s vast stores 

Of treasure and gold at your 
very doors. 






r^N the trail of life you have traveled far, 
You have built a state, and now ajar, 
See the gates to that city of love and light, 
In the Fatherland where there is no night. 







'Y'HE days of old, and the 
days of gold, 

Have passed away as a tale 

that is told; 
But their memory dear will 
linger still, 

And brighter grow down 
life's long hill. 







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npHE trail of life leads on to 
that sea, 

Which washes the shores of 
eternity, 

But the glory of sunset illum- 
ines the tide 

As you launch away for the 
other side. 





T^HERE loved ones who journeyed 
with you through the years, 

Bravely sharing your hardships and 

joys and tears, 
Now joyously, lovingly wait, as of 

yore, 

To welcome you home when life's 
journey is o'er. 





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